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Mac 10.9.5, Java 8 unsupported?

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Hi all. Happy Friday. I'm trying to update FMS to 13v5. The updater tells me my version of java is unsupported, and the docs seems to indicate that fms only works with java 7, so ... where do I get java 7 and how do I downgrade? Java 8 update 31 seems to be what there is.

I had a problem with this as well on a an update. It seems that Java 8 will work, but FMS will not install/update with Java 8. I kept getting cycled through the prompts that it was installing 7.75 and then it would show complete and give me a warning I needed 7.75 and it would install again. Very annoying.

Had to delete Java 8 app completely and then restart and then install/update FMS with the provided Java version. I had to do it a couple of times for some reason. Eventually it worked out. There are specific instructions for complete removal on the Oracle website.

Just adding my experience here. Was running FMS13.04 with Java 8 with no apparent trouble on MacOSX 10.9.5. Tried to update to FMS13.05, got the Norwegian prompt as per OP, clicked OK thinking the install would quit, but it went ahead and installed anyway. Seemed to work OK, until I accessed a file via WebDirect, where the formatting was a mess. Especially on a solution which had been updated from FM11, so not styled.

Tried the easy thing first - only deleted Java 8 and installed 7.75 from the link from TSFalcon. And for once in my life, the easy thing seems to have worked.